Africa

6 facts about the ai-ai — an animal whose name is forbidden to pronounce

30-09-2024

6 facts about the ai-ai — an animal whose name is forbidden ...

The Madagascar rukonozhka ai-ai is the only species of the rukonozhkov family and a regular participant in the anti-rating of the ...

African leopards in photographs by Greg du Toit

27-09-2024

African leopards in photographs by Greg du Toit

Greg du Toit is a professional wildlife photographer. He travels a lot in Africa in search of beautiful shots and in his lens ...

Amazakhs are indigenous light—skinned Africans related to Armenians

21-09-2024

Amazakhs are indigenous light—skinned Africans related to ...

It is generally believed that the indigenous population of Africa are people with dark skin or, at least, very dark and ...

Goats in trees in Morocco

17-09-2024

Goats in trees in Morocco

Morocco is a country famous not only for its colorful bazaars and ancient medinas, but also for one amazing natural phenomenon. In ...

Stone Forest in Madagascar

13-09-2024

Stone Forest in Madagascar

The Tsingi du Bemaraha Nature Reserve is located on the west coast of Madagascar and is famous for its amazing stone forest. The ...

How People Partyed in Africa in the Late 1960s

12-09-2024

How People Partyed in Africa in the Late 1960s

The late 60s, the sexual revolution, distant South Africa, the apartheid regime – it would seem that they have absolutely nothing ...

The Wild Side of Africa

09-09-2024

The Wild Side of Africa

During his trip to Africa, the famous Italian photographer Alex Bernasconi took thousands of pictures-from hiding hippos to ...

The Devil's Font at Victoria Falls

08-09-2024

The Devil's Font at Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls, or "Thundering Smoke" is located in South Africa, on the Zambezi River, between the countries of Zambia and ...

Striking photos of Ethiopian tribes

07-09-2024

Striking photos of Ethiopian tribes

Spanish photographer Diego Arroyo Mendes took a series of amazing pictures of village life in Ethiopia, where people have been for ...

Mgingo is the most populous island in the world

07-09-2024

Mgingo is the most populous island in the world

Mgingo Island is located on Lake Victoria in Africa. Its area is about 1.8 thousand square meters. m, and 131 people live on it in ...

Liberian maniacs Samuel Doe and Charles Taylor, or The Story of a Failed Democracy

06-09-2024

Liberian maniacs Samuel Doe and Charles Taylor, or The Story ...

When in 1822 the US government acquired a piece of land on the Atlantic coast of the African continent for the freed black slaves, ...

A moment of black humor, or the Simple everyday life of Africans in Russia

04-09-2024

A moment of black humor, or the Simple everyday life of ...

Russia is so big country that could easily shelter any "neighbors", whether Ukrainians, Tatars, Armenians or even Africans. It is ...

An abandoned cinema in the middle of the Sinai desert

03-09-2024

An abandoned cinema in the middle of the Sinai desert

Everyone has heard of such a phenomenon as a mirage. In fact, in the middle of the desert you can see the most unexpected things: ...

Leopard People are cruel and mysterious killers from West Africa

02-09-2024

Leopard People are cruel and mysterious killers from West Africa

From the beginning to the middle of the 20th century, there was a Leopard society in West Africa — a secret organization of ...

Blondes from Africa: why the Guanches are considered descendants of the Atlanteans

29-08-2024

Blondes from Africa: why the Guanches are considered ...

In ancient times, the Canary Islands were inhabited by a mysterious people who were destroyed by Europeans in the Middle Ages. ...

Highlights of African Americans ' struggle for their rights

27-08-2024

Highlights of African Americans ' struggle for their rights

At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, "I have a dream" was performed – the famous speech of the black preacher Martin Luther ...

Ubang is a unique village in Nigeria, where men and women speak different languages

27-08-2024

Ubang is a unique village in Nigeria, where men and women ...

They say that women are aliens from Venus, and men are from Mars. Nowhere is this more obvious than in Ubang – a unique peasant ...

Treasures of Ghana how did the glory of the Gold Coast

27-08-2024

Treasures of Ghana how did the glory of the Gold Coast

When in the XV century the first Portuguese landed their ships to the shores of Ghana, they were amazed by the amount of gold. It ...

Hyenas and other people

24-08-2024

Hyenas and other people

Once, a photographer from Cape Town, Peter Hugo, received a curious photo from a friend traveling in Nigeria. It showed people ...

How former slaves founded the freest country in the world and became... slave owners

17-08-2024

How former slaves founded the freest country in the world and ...

Liberia is a small and very poor country in West Africa. Nevertheless, she has a rather interesting, albeit sad story. She ...

How does the Cairo "empire of scavengers" live, dictating its will to the Egyptian authorities

16-08-2024

How does the Cairo "empire of scavengers" live, dictating its ...

About 25 million people live in Cairo and its suburbs. The Egyptian capital can compete with small European states in terms of ...

Catching a python on live bait

13-08-2024

Catching a python on live bait

In many countries, hunting is a kind of men's games. And although the prey is laid out on the table after the hunt, most hunters ...

Egypt's Merimde Civilization: The Ancestors of the Pyramid Builders Who Didn't Bury Their Children

12-08-2024

Egypt's Merimde Civilization: The Ancestors of the ...

The civilization of Ancient Egypt is still full of unsolved mysteries. People who built majestic pyramids and temples before the ...

Hot beauties of the south in portraits of Jose Cruz Herrera

12-08-2024

Hot beauties of the south in portraits of Jose Cruz Herrera

Artist José Cruz Herrera is one of the most famous Spanish painters of the 20th century. His portraits and landscapes are ...

Amazons of Dahomey — who were the women who put the French army to flight

12-08-2024

Amazons of Dahomey — who were the women who put the French ...

Dahomey, a small state located in the West of Africa, became a "tough nut" for the colonizers. France, which claimed these lands, ...

The Pyramids of Giza, as you have never seen them before

10-08-2024

The Pyramids of Giza, as you have never seen them before

Egyptian photographer Karim Amr shared some spectacular photos of Cairo and the pyramids of Giza on his Instagram account, starting ...